Mohammad Hussin Said, better known online as MangoBossKu, was arrested on May 4 at a car wash he operates in Yishun, according to The Straits Times newspaper.
Witnesses said the influencer, who is widely known in Singapore’s Malay/Muslim community for operating food stalls at various bazaars, was questioned by plain-clothes police officers.
Mohammad Hussin Said, who is also known by his online moniker MangoBossKu, was arrested on May 4. Phioto from Instagram/@the_godfather_mangobossku |
The arrest came after a 56-second video spread widely on WhatsApp and social media. The clip shows a man being threatened and forced to remove his clothes.
The victim, a restaurant owner with a strong online following, was accused of being “too close” to the wife of the man filming the video.
Said was arrested after the victim filed a police report at Bedok Police Division Headquarters. Police initially confirmed only that a report had been lodged, but later said an arrest had been made and investigations were ongoing.
The victim told The Straits Times that the video was filmed around November 2025 but was not circulated online at the time.
Said and his wife entered the food business in 2019, later selling Middle Eastern dessert kunafa, Latin American dessert quesillo, flavoured drinks and mango floats at events including Ramadan bazaars, which are popular temporary open-air markets held during the Islamic holy month in Singapore.
His business expanded as he gained a larger online following through promotional social media videos, some of which featured staged confrontations.
In previous media interviews, he said he had earned nearly SG$500,000 (US$394,000) during the 2023 Ramadan bazaar in Geylang Serai.
Lawyer S. Balamurugan said it is an offence to knowingly distribute images or recordings of another person without their consent. Threatening to release “intimate material” could also amount to an offence.
Another lawyer, Andy Yeo, said there have been similar cases in which individuals threatened to expose their partner’s intimate images in exchange for money or sex.
“So (in this case), there would be some sort of criminal intimidation and the issue of non-consensual distribution, even extortion.”
Said was quoted as saying that he had been interviewed by police but declined to give further details. “I have never published nor made viral any video. I don’t know who leaked the video.”
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